Hey Harry,
Am surprised the Mobile Telecon calls are costing less per
min in Somalia than what it costs here...
I think we need to revisit this costing
thing..., While the Telecommunication industry here
experiences
exponential growth in leaps and bounds, and turn in
'astronomical' profits in the process, it is worthy
noting that it is time they lend an
ear to the consumer.
I may not have research findings, but I would say that in
my 'my considered view', charging even as low
as Ksh 2.50, per minute for a cell phone call would still turn
in a tidy sum of profit for these major Telcos,
as I suppose the economies of scale will shift in their favor
to bring in more volumes in calls. Perhaps we
will start hearing such arguments as regulation costs,
infrastructural costs, etcetra, etc..
but the bigger
picture is somehow lost somewhere in a heap of all these
extrapolations..
Am actually wondering why, I should for instance be paying for
each MB of data, in connectivity I download,
and which
I cannot even verify, as opposed to paying for dedicated
connectivity on my Broadband modem.
Anyone who feels like pursuing this Service costs issue? Any
initiatives underway to lobby Telcos to do the
needful..? I feel the consumer is getting a raw deal in the
Kenyan market.
Harry
Interesting read...
http://www.cio.co.ke/index.php/view-all-main-stories/535-somalia-telecom-sector-battles-instability.html
Harry
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